List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2048

NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. NGC 1316 is a radio galaxy. It is the fourth-brightest […]

NGC 1512 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 30 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Horologium. It is a member of the Dorado Group.

NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 October 1790. Three supernovae (SN 1992bd […]

NGC 3370 (also known as UGC 5887 or Silverado Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 98 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It is comparable to our own Milky […]

Eta2 Hydri (η2 Hyi η2 Hydri) often catalogued as HD 11977 is a giant yellow star approximately 219 light-years away in the constellation of Hydrus. Based on its mass it […]

KY Cygni is a red supergiant star (spectral class M3.5Ia) located in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the largest stars known at about 1420 or more times the […]

VV Cephei also known as HD 208816 is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus approximately 5000 light years from Earth.A red supergiant fills the system’s Roche […]

Eta Orionis (η Ori η Orionis) is a star in the constellation Orion. Other names are Saiph (Arabic for sword) Algjebbah (Arabic for scutum) and Ensis (Latin for sword since […]

The Tadpole Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light years from Earth toward the northern constellation Draco. Its most dramatic features are a trail of stars […]

NGC 7752 and NGC 7753 are a set of galaxies approximately 272 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. NGC 7753 is the primary galaxy. It is a barred spiral […]